Countess Markievicz - Rathcormack Co Sligo
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N 54° 18.960 W 008° 28.799
29U E 533828 N 6018805
The statue commemorates the Countess Constance Markievicz - aristocrat, rebel, hunger striker, first female elected to the British Parliament and Irish hero.
Waymark Code: WM3CC6
Location: Ireland
Date Posted: 03/14/2008
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Constance Markievicz was born among the privileged Anglo-Irish but dedicated her life to ending British government in Ireland. Many people from her class were at this same time interested in cherishing the Irish language and culture but only few combined armed rebellion against British government with these nationalistic cultural goals. And even fewer fought to improve the status of workers and women, in the way that Markievicz did.
She was the only woman sentenced to death (but pardoned) for her involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising
URL of the statue: Not listed
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